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Czech opera singer (1940-2015)
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2019-02-06 21:37:20
Anglais - Amanda Majeski is an Outstanding Katya Kabanova at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Katya Kabanova is often regarded as Leoš Janáček’s first ‘mature’ opera, despite the fact that he was 67 when it premiered in 1921. The libretto is by Vincenc Červinka, while the work is based on Alexander Ostrovsky’s play The Storm, but there can still be little doubt that the opera, and particularly its lead character, were inspired by the composer’s feelings for the far younger Kamila Stösslová. Set in the Russian town of Kalinov by the Volga in the 1860s, it tells of one woman’s dreams of escape from her mundane and repressive life. Katya is married to Tichon, who seems to be more interested in drink than her, and is constantly subjected to the controlling attempts of his domineering mother, Kabanicha. She meanwhile is secretly in love with Boris Grigorjevič, the nephew of the merchant Dikoj. One day, when Tichon is away on business, she is told where the […]
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